By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Formed in partnership with Wyuna’s co-founder and CEO Steve Green, alternative investment firm GreenPoint Partners announced the establishment of Wyuna Regenerative Agriculture (Wyuna), an Australian regenerative farming platform looking to build a portfolio of 500,000 acres of grazing assets in the country. Founded in 2019 in New York by […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media First, a little background information. It was back in 2020 when Land Bank, a South African state-owned agricultural lending bank, defaulted on payments on two bond programs with a combined value of US$2.62 billion (50 billion rand) at the time. In 2019, Land Bank carried a gross loan book of […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Soli Organic, the only soil-based indoor farming company in the U.S. growing USDA certified organic produce, has closed on nearly $125 million in Series D funding led by global investment group CDPQ. Leading European investment firm Movendo Capital B.V. also joined the round, which included follow-on investments from existing […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) acquired the 17,638-hectare Jimarndy aggregation in the Fitzroy region of Queensland for a record-setting A$48 million (US$30 million) after securing Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval. Managed by David Goodfellow, managing director at CBRE Agribusiness, along with CBRE’s Edward O’Dwyer, and assistance from Nutrien Harcourts […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Columbia Fruit Packers (CFP) and Frosty Packing announced the merging of their respective businesses upon an unspecified strategic investment led by the sustainable investment business arm of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM). The newly consolidated company, which will be known as Columbia Fruit Packers LLC and will continue to […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Alternative protein pioneer Micro Meat and Orbital Assembly (OA), a developer of space-centric business parks with variable gravity capabilities, have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop systems to produce cultivated meat in space. Did you know it costs as much as $10,000 per pound to transport meat into […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Tech-driven vertical farming company Elevate Farms raised in excess of C$26 million (US$19 million) in capital – consisting of equity and secured project finance – through a series of global investments anchored by long-time investor Brightspark Capital. Based in Toronto, Canada, Elevate Farms’ novel business model uses hydroponics and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media International private equity platform Bregal Investments announced a majority investment in, and strategic partnership with, PUR Projet (PUR), a nature-based solutions project developer with a focus on agroforestry and regenerative agriculture in the coffee, cocoa, and other global supply chains. Last year, Bregal was key in driving the development […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Earlybird Venture Capital has led the world’s largest Series A round for a cultivated meat company to-date, heading up $48 million in new funding for Paris-based startup Gourmey. Joining Earlybird in the oversubscribed round was a new syndicate of investors including Amsterdam-based Keen Venture Partners and Instacart CEO Fidji […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Identifying as “part investors, part entrepreneurs”, BridgeLane is an alternative investment company established in 2009 in Sydney, Australia, by Markus Kahlbetzer. Under its focus on long-term agricultural projects, and a mandate to bring innovation to more traditional industries and transform underperforming farmland into high-yielding assets, BridgeLane has built significant rural […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading Spanish investment and asset management company Azora Group (Azora) has acquired a 33 percent stake in Iberian Smart Financial Agro (ISFA), an ag project management company focused on the development of high-density almond farms under the Sustainable Efficient System (SES) cultivation system. Based in Vitoria, Spain, ISFA scouts […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Early stage food tech investor and accelerator Big Idea Ventures (BIV) has revealed its latest cohort of 17 early-stage startups chosen to participate in its bi-annual new protein accelerator program. With accelerators in New York, Singapore, and now Paris, and headed by managing general partner Andrew Ive, Big Idea […]
